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Oh yeah. Our asbestos specialist has bumped the thread to try and drum up business. Wish they'd lock threads after a month.

If it were me I'd spray it a couple of good coats of watered down PVA then take it out into the garden. Don't get ripped off by 'specialists'.

Why do you expect him to do it for nothing when you agree it wasn't his fault?

You only have to look at the thread title to see who's fault the OP thinks it is. I doubt he'll be back.

Not the plasterers fault. You were going to pay him to overboard it, so give him the money you were going to have to pay out and he can reskim it. (now the artex has gone). BTW what did he charge you?

It's caused by condensation, or to be precise, interstitial condensation. Improve your ventilation and it will probably disappear when this wet cold weather has passed.

Yes to both of those.

It hardly makes any difference, but few trades people understand science. Basically, if you scratch the surface you make the surface area fractionally greater, hence more area to adhere to. It's such a stupidly small amount though that it makes no realistic difference.

Well clear off then.

They should ban the trouble makers permanently.

I've just said that. Are you blind?

With the UK emergency services more like Frank Spencer. "Ooh Betty".

No need for scrim if you are pushing a load of addy back onto the wall and under join. Just fill it slightly proud and sand it with a block.

There's no reason you can't do what you say. I've done it loads of times.

13 kilos? Are you sure?

You can't be serious? He was way overated.

Never liked him. Didn't know he was in Hawkwind though.

This has probably become the most boring forum on the internet. A ban on the endlessly repeating subject was inevitable. No minds were ever changed, so why bother?

It looks like the stuff you make pin boards out of.

You can fill it with anything like polyfilla or plasterboard adhesive. Nothing to do with any regs whatsoever.